Story by Capt. George McArthur | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.31.2020
KIRISHIMA TRAINING AREA, Japan – The bilateral U.S.-Japan training Exercise Forest Light Western Army has concluded with a closing ceremony here, Jan. 30....
Story by Lance Cpl. Kolby Leger | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.19.2020
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa - Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise, known as MEUEX, is designed to incorporate all the components of the 31st MEU – now Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines; Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced); Combat Logistics Battalion 31; and the 31st MEU Command Element – into a fully-capable operational team. After completing the exercise in......
Story by Capt. George McArthur | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.17.2020
KUMAMOTO, Japan – More than 145 Okinawa-based U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit will join around 500 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members, for bilateral training exercise Forest Light Western Army Jan. 18 – 31, 2020, in Kyushu, Japan....
Story by Capt. George McArthur | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.15.2020
The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is conducting a series of training events both on and off base in Oahu, Hawaii, Jan. 6-31, 2020....
Courtesy Story | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.28.2018
SOUTH CHINA SEA – USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted an integrated Defense of the Amphibious Task Force (DATF) drill at sea Sept. 27...
Story by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.27.2018
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed Corporal’s Course aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) while underway in the South China Sea, Sept. 27, 2018....
Story by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 06.28.2018
The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed the first in a series of pre-deployment training events at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 28, 2018....
Story by Lance Cpl. Matthew Navarra | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 05.21.2018
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan (May 21, 2018) – The Marines and Sailors of 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, joined the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa, Japan, May 21, 2018. This is the second time that the battalion has been the Ground Combat Element of the 31st MEU within the last two years....
